The Week We Made Our Fathers Proud

Richard Lawson · 06/18/10 06:05PM

This week we had so much happen that we need to break it down into categories. Luckily, they're some of Gawker's favorite categories.

Dina Lohan's New Enemy: A Whale Named 'Fudgie'

Maureen O'Connor · 06/18/10 05:56PM

After Dina Lohan called the cops on Carvel Ice Cream for denying her freebies, Carvel denounced "entitled" Dina. Now Carvel's mascot, an anthropomorphized chocolate whale named Fudgie, is giving Dina the smackdown on his blog, Twitter, and Facebook page.

Wired, Wikileaks and the Hacker-Journalist Complex

Adrian Chen · 06/18/10 04:58PM

On June 6th, Wired.com published a report that military intelligence analyst Bradley Manning had been arrested for allegedly leaking the famous 2007 Apache helicopter attack video to Wikileaks. Now Wikileaks and others are questioning Wired's involvement in the story.

Dennis the Menace and Mr. Wilson Go Public with Their Affair

Richard Lawson · 06/18/10 04:31PM

Here is a Dennis the Menace cartoon that ran in Newsday today. Poo-poo us for seeing the sex-pervert worst in everything, but it's kind of amazing that someone didn't speak up and stop this from getting run.

The Best TV Dads: A Father's Day Tribute

Kristina Lucarelli · 06/18/10 04:30PM

We here at Gawker.TV love our dads. But we really love our TV dads, for they taught us everything we'd need to know about life in under an hour. From the Danny Tanners to the Frank Costanzas, we salute you!

Conviction: Can Hilary Swank Actually Act?

Richard Lawson · 06/18/10 03:45PM

Here's a trailer for Conviction, about the real-life Betty Anne Waters, a Boston woman who put herself through law school in order to free her brother from prison after he was wrongly convicted of murder. Will Swank pull it off?

Your Weekend TV Lineup

Matt Toder · 06/18/10 03:30PM

TONIGHT: As usual, tonight's only highlight is Friday Night Lights, which keeps delivering stellar episodes. As for the weekend, check out the start of ABC's "new summer season," plus True Blood and the season finale of Treme.

Questlove Performs Smooth Mixed-Media Jam on Late Night

Henry Baker · 06/18/10 03:22PM

Once it was announced that the Roots would be the house band for Jimmy Fallon's new show, all doubts that it would be awesome were erased. See why in this funky video/drum/turntable mashup.

The Gawker Father's Day Gift Guide

Richard Lawson · 06/18/10 03:21PM

Mother's Day's oft-forgotten cousin is upon us on Sunday and it's very likely, giving the creeping nature of the holiday, that you've forgotten to get a gift for dad. But fear not! We're here to help.